Komsomolskaya station in Moscow.
Moscow is a splendid city . It manages to unite in a prodigious way the vestiges of the past that stand in historical monuments such as Red Square, Saint Basil's Cathedral, the Lenin Mausoleum or the Kremlin Fortress . And as if this were not enough, the Russian capital is home to one of the most extravagant subways in the world.
On this occasion, one of the essentials of the city can be viewed by entering the Metro 360 website , which allows you to immerse yourself in each of the main stations on the line Koltsevaya.
Thanks to this Russian initiative in times of #I stay at home you will be able to observe how the marble constructions intermingle with grandiose lamps, mosaics and designs that seem to form a resplendent underground palace.
Over the years the moscow metro it has become one of the most expensive projects in Soviet history. And although there have been various attempts to erect it since the end of the 19th century, it was not until 1930 that construction began , at which point it had become impossible to continue with the tram system offered by the city.
Komsomolskaya station.
The metro was finally opened by Stalin in 1935 , after the first train left Sokolniki station on May 15. Back then the system was made up of a total of thirteen stations and the letter M symbol had been designed by the architect Ivan Taranov.
Currently Moscow It has one of the most efficient subways in the world, with 230 stations through which approximately 8.5 million passengers pass daily and they still hope to build several more by 2023.
One of the must-sees that can be glimpsed on the page is Kievskaya . It has been launched in 1954 with a design that was in charge of a group from kyiv and commanded by Professor Yevgeny Katonin. We could easily confuse it with one of the rooms of the Louvre Museum or the Hermitage , as 18 mosaics have been arranged there commemorating a tribute to 300 years of friendship between the people of Russia and Ukraine, citing events such as the 1917 revolution and the period of Soviet Ukraine.
For its beauty, stations like Paveletskaya are not to be skipped either , covered entirely in marble, Komsomólskaya, with its columns and ceilings adorned with fabulous paintings, or Prospekt Mira, which manages to enhance the russian and greek imperial architecture through elements such as chandeliers, white pillars and ceramics.
In this way, the website offers a tour of the most relevant stations in the capital, in addition to five virtual activities that are communicated on the instagram account daily, such as tours and talks about the moscow metro history , both in Russian and English.
If you haven't had the chance to explore it yet, or if you want to immerse yourself again in the lavishness of one of the moscow treasures , do not hesitate to visit the Metro 360 page.
Discover one of the treasures of Moscow.